# Things you hate the feel of **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746 "2002-04-26T11:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![papertiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@papertiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papertiger)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/1 "2002-04-26T11:13:00Z")
Dry, dirty potatoes, anything with icing sugar on. In fact anything that has a small granular, dry dusty texture makes me shiver… breeeuughhh! Whats yours? (or am I a complete freak?) ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/2 "2002-04-26T11:20:18Z")
corn flour cotton wool eating green beans squeaky sand ---
**Author:** ![Skyhook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@Skyhook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skyhook)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/3 "2002-04-26T11:30:54Z")
Since my scuba days, when I attempted to lift a drowning victim (corpse had been in the water for some time), I really dislike handling cold, wet, soggy, stuff. Second to that, I dislike the sticky feeling working w/fibre glass resin gives the hands. The gloves are great, but that sticking of the fingers to _everything_ is truly yucky! ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/4 "2002-04-26T11:37:33Z")
Sticking my hand into a dark place looking for a lost object and FEELING SOMETHING MOVE! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/5 "2002-04-26T11:47:55Z")
Wood! [sub]Not _that_ kind of wood, you perves![/sub] No, really. I hate the feel of a wooden spoon or other wooden kitchen utensils. Especially when washing them, and they’re wet! Gah, I cringe just thinking about it. Gimme plastic anyday. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/6 "2002-04-26T11:54:34Z")
Etched glass. Yah. Just typing that gave me the willies. ---
**Author:** ![dukejeffrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@dukejeffrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dukejeffrey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/7 "2002-04-26T12:08:54Z")
Really dry towels, and cotton wool. Makes me shiver like an eskimo! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/8 "2002-04-26T12:17:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Wood! > > [sub]Not _that_ kind of wood, you perves![/sub] > > No, really. I hate the feel of a wooden spoon or other wooden kitchen utensils. Especially when washing them, and they’re wet! Gah, I cringe just thinking about it. Gimme plastic anyday. \*\* Gee, I thought I was the only one. Especially those little wooden paddles you get to eat ice cream cups with. I carry a plastic spoon in my purse and, if anyone in the office is eating ice cream with a wooden paddle, I will make them use a real spoon. They just make me cringe. ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/9 "2002-04-26T12:36:25Z")
Toilet paper when I’ve just cut my finger nails. ::shiver:: ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/10 "2002-04-26T12:55:39Z")
Paper towels. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/11 "2002-04-26T13:06:36Z")
Wet newspaper. I have a horror of wet newspaper. In Room 101, they will cover me in papier mache. ---
**Author:** ![Mesopotamis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@Mesopotamis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesopotamis)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/12 "2002-04-26T13:41:35Z")
Ditto on paper towels, especially on dry teeth. (shutter) Hacking in the morning after smoking to much allways sucks too. Dry burning eyes from spring hayfever allergies. ---
**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/13 "2002-04-26T13:55:57Z")
FLANNEL SHEETS. ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/14 "2002-04-26T14:10:55Z")
No, how about satin sheets? Yech. And put me down for cotton wool, too. Can’t stand to touch it. What makes me shudder the most is being barefoot on a tile floor that hasn’t been swept! ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/15 "2002-04-26T14:17:17Z")
In Room 101, they’ll papier mache me _and_ make me eat floor sweepings. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/16 "2002-04-26T14:19:40Z")
A co-worker has that distaste for the feel of wooden spoons - I’d never heard of it before. I can’t think of anything that you could expect to run into everyday that I don’t like the feel of, but I remember distinctly NOT liking feeling my daughter kick and move around while she was in the womb. My ex-wife took my hand once and put in on her belly while the as-yet-unborn Lilly was rolling around and that just felt really odd to me. I didn’t enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/17 "2002-04-26T14:24:26Z")
Styrofoam. _shudders_ The touch and sound of it makes me shiver like mad. Not sure why, but it does. ---
**Author:** ![papertiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@papertiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papertiger)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/18 "2002-04-26T14:57:23Z")
Weirdos 😉 But MachV - I am with you on the unswept floor tile! Its that dustiness again! But more to the point what possible reason can a person have for not liking the feel of something? ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/19 "2002-04-26T15:05:11Z")
The vibration/hum that my truck tires make when going over a bridge that has an open grillwork. yyeeeeuugghh! ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746/20 "2002-04-26T15:08:02Z")
I can’t stand to touch anything cold. I’ll get a basket at the grocery store, even if I’m not buying anything but a pint of Haagen-Dazs or a quart of milk. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-the-feel-of/105746.md?page=2)